Missouri Judiciary FY 2021 Budget Request with Governor's Recommendations PDF
Preview Missouri Judiciary FY 2021 Budget Request with Governor's Recommendations
MISSOURI JUDICIARY FY 2021 BUDGET REQUEST “THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.” JUDICIAL BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2021 HONORABLE GEORGE W. DRAPER III Betsy AuBuchon Chief Justice Kathy S. Lloyd Clerk State Courts Administrator 751-4144 751-4377 Supreme Court Building Jefferson City, Missouri “THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.” yb tt iobb D M2SGT ououd hadhe G t belnltasudge ear G is16 JtaCovheH /JJ� 'tJ Justicc r your staff have a specific budget question. get. Also, please feel free to contact Betsy AuBuchon, Clerk of the Cou rt, shouldI am available to meet with you to discuss any of the initiatives and needs in this t ollars entrusted to it are managed in the most efficient way possible. eneral Assembly generously granted in prior years, so that the Judiciary can ensurIn addition, the Court respectfully requests the continued flexibility that you and ieves are necessary for the long term stability of the core operations of our judiciay hose items that coincide with various legal requirements as well as those items thatis, thus, it has attempted in the spirit of partnership and collaboration to emphasize t. The Court recognizes the many requests for funds that you receive on an annuaf our state's judiciary, the Court submits with this letter its fiscal 2021 On behalf o overnor Parson: souri 65101 efferson City, apitol, Room te ernor of Missouri onorable Michael L. Parson January 23, 2020 [email protected] 51-7341 FAX (573) 7 (573) 751-6644 CHIEF JUSTICE GEORGE W. DRAPER Ill Jf Ol:ug, efferson fl{u. 65102 J.150@. �OX pr�ueme (!lourl of J1I{ issnuri e l r y . TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page BUDGET SUMMARIES SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS Missouri Judiciary’s Budget FY21 Budget Priorities .................... 1 Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adjustment - Judges FY21 Judiciary Missouri Constitutional Mandate and New FY19 & 20 .................................................................................... 225 Decision Items Listing ................................................................. 9 Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. - FY19 & 20 ............. 235 FY20 Supplemental New Decision Items Listing ...................... 17 Needed but not Requested Listing ............................................ 18 Judiciary Financial Summary .................................................... 20 SUPREME COURT Core ............................................................................................ 245 MISSOURI CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adjustment - Judges APPELLATE JUDICIAL COMMISSION FY19 & 20 ................................................................................. 21 Core ............................................................................................ 257 Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adjustment - Judges FY21 .......................................................................................... 31 STATE COURTS ADMINISTRATOR Core ............................................................................................ 262 JUDICIARY DECISION ITEMS Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. FY19 & 20 ............. 41 Court Improvement Projects Missouri Citizens’ Commission Salary Adj. FY21 ..................... 51 Core ............................................................................................ 273 21st Century Workforce ............................................................ 60 21st Century Workforce – GR Transfer .................................... 80 Statewide Court Automation Case Management System Viability ......................................... 86 Core ............................................................................................ 280 Access to Justice Interpreter Services – Criminal Cases ......... 99 Circuit Realignment .................................................................. 112 Judicial Education New Associate Circuit Judge – Cole County............................ 118 Core ............................................................................................. 287 Training for CRRD Counsel ..................................................... 125 Juvenile Raise the Age ............................................................ 131 Judicial Education Transfer OSCA One-Time Moving Costs ............................................... 138 Core ............................................................................................ 293 GR Transfer-Increase in Annual Lease Cost ........................... 145 Pay Plan - FY20 Cost to Continue ........................................... 151 GR Transfer - FY20 Pay Plan .................................................. 171 Pay Plan - FY21 ....................................................................... 176 GR Transfer - FY21 Pay Plan .................................................. 194 Mileage Rate Increase ............................................................. 199 GR Transfer - Increase Mileage Rate ...................................... 213 Basic Civil Legal Services ........................................................ 220 Page Page COURT OF APPEALS ................................................................. 305 TREATMENT COURTS Western District Treatment Courts Coordinating Commission Transfer Core ....... 388 Core ........................................................................................ 308 Treatment Courts Coordinating Commission Core ..................... 393 Eastern District Core ........................................................................................ 319 MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT Core ............................................................................................. 411 Southern District Core ........................................................................................ 330 OTHER SUBMISSIONS Fund Financial Summaries ......................................................... 416 CIRCUIT COURT State Audit Report ....................................................................... 443 Core ........................................................................................ 344 Programs Subject to Missouri Sunset Act ................................... 448 One-Time Request Summary ...................................................... 449 FY 2021 Judiciary’s Flexibility Request ....................................... 450 COMMISSION ON RETIREMENT, REM. AND DISCIPLINE FY 2021 Core Reconciliation ...................................................... 452 Core ........................................................................................ 380 “THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.” Page 1 The Missouri Judiciary’s Budget Fiscal 2021 Budget Priorities Missouri’s circuit, appellate, and supreme courts resolve The Missouri Judiciary – or third branch of government – almost 700,000 cases each year. The types of cases brought provides Missouri citizens a stable, fair, and accessible system to the courts include divorce, bankruptcy, estate resolution, of justice for the resolution of disputes. While the judiciary has and civil rights. Criminal cases filed by prosecutors, and cases effectively used The Missouri Judiciary – one of three challenging the constitutionality of state laws or the use of existing resources to governmental power are other types of cases heard. Within fulfill its role, co-equal branches of government – the circuit courts, cases are grouped and heard in divisions by additional resources provides Missouri citizens a stable, type, such as circuit, associate circuit, family, juvenile, are needed to further fair, and accessible system of justice municipal, probate, and small claims. Municipal divisions the priorities that will for the resolution of disputes. resolve just under an additional one million cases relating to ensure continuing traffic and city ordinances every year. stability, fairness, and accessibility. Many circuit courts also provide treatment court programs that help The Missouri Judiciary’s fiscal 2021 funding priority areas are: address substance abuse problems • Compensation that lead to criminal involvement. • Court Automation Cases typically start in the circuit • Interpreters in criminal cases court and may be appealed to • Circuit Realignment implementation one of the three appellate • Serving 17-year-olds as juveniles in court districts, potentially • One building for OSCA ending up at the state supreme court. Page 2 Support Public Service Over the past few years, the legislature and governor have appropriated, and the judiciary has implemented, salary increases for judiciary staff consistent with the goals of its classification and compensation study. The judiciary’s 21st Century Workforce compensation plan moves staff toward target – or market – salary goals, and improves recruitment and retention with much of the focus on the lowest paid staff. Staff whose positions are established by statute (e.g., circuit clerks) and were not a part of the salary study should receive a comparable increase. Need for Full Funding of 21st Century Missouri judges’ salaries are based upon the salaries of their federal Workforce Compensation Plan counterparts under the Missouri Citizens Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials and Article XIII, section 3 of the Missouri Constitution. 94% Staff Paid Below Target Additionally, the legislature and governor authorized one additional associate Other Staff circuit judge, effective January 1, 2021, for Cole County (19th Judicial Circuit). 6% Budget Request: 1. Appropriate $1,583,897 for fiscal 2019 and 2020 for salaries for judges. This would match the fiscal 2019 and 2020 salary increase federal judges received. The fiscal 2019 and 2020 increases did not result in a matching appropriation for Missouri judges. 2. Appropriate $1,508,143 for fiscal 2021 for salaries for judges to match the projected federal salary increase of 2.6%. 3. Appropriate $142,564 for fiscal 2019 and 2020 for salaries for commissioners, the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline. 4. Appropriate $137,052 for fiscal 2021 for salaries for commissioners, the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline to match the projected federal salary increase of 2.6%. 5. Implement the 21st Century Workforce compensation plan to provide funding for staff at target – or market – for a total of $10,255,256.
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